Note 3 - Recent Accounting Pronouncements

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2014

New Accounting Pronouncements and Changes in Accounting Principles [Abstract]

New Accounting Pronouncements and Changes in Accounting Principles [Text Block]

3. Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In January 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-01, “Investments— Equity Method and Joint Ventures (Topic 323): Accounting for Investments in Qualified Affordable Housing Projects.” ASU No. 2014-01 permits a reporting entity to make an accounting policy election to account for their investments in affordable housing projects using the proportional amortization method if certain conditions are met. Under the proportional amortization method, an entity amortizes the initial cost of the investment in proportion to the amount of tax credits and other tax benefits received and recognizes the net investment performance in the income statement as a component of income tax expense or benefit. ASU 2014-01 becomes effective for interim and annual periods beginning on or after December 15, 2014. The Company is evaluating whether to adopt ASU 2014-01 or to continue to apply the equity method of accounting for investments in affordable housing projects.

In January 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-04, “Receivables—Trouble Debt Restructurings by Creditors.” ASU No. 2014-04 clarifies that upon either the creditor obtaining legal title to the residential real estate property upon completion of a foreclosure or the borrower conveying all interest in the residential real estate property to the creditor to satisfy that loan through completion of a deed in lieu of foreclosure or through a similar legal agreement, a creditor is considered to have physical possession of residential real estate property collateralizing a consumer mortgage loan. A reporting entity is required to have interim and annual disclosure of both the amount of foreclosed residential real estate property held by the creditor and the recorded investment in consumer mortgage loans collateralized by residential real estate property that are in process of foreclosure. ASU 2014-04 becomes effective for interim and annual periods beginning on or after December 15, 2014. Adoption of ASU 2014-04 is not expected to have a significant impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

In April 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-08, “Presentation of Financial Statements and Property, Plant, and Equipment.” ASU No. 2014-08 defines a discontinued operation as disposal of components of an entity that represent a strategic shift that has or will have a major effect on an entity’s operations. ASU No. 2014-08 also requires a reporting entity to present the assets and liabilities of a disposal group that includes a discontinued operation separately in the asset and liability sections, respectively, of the statement of financial position for each comparative period. ASU 2014-08 becomes effective for interim and annual periods beginning on or after December 15, 2014. Adoption of ASU 2014-08 is not expected to have a significant impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.